Making a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) about Astrobiology: Why? For Whom? How?

Charles Lineweaver

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    Abstract

    Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are becoming the textbooks of the 21st century. I describe what a MOOC is, and try to answer the questions: Why make a MOOC? Who are MOOCs for? and How to make a MOOC? Anxiety about MOOCs replacing teachers is largely misplaced. I describe my on-going experience of putting together an astrobiology MOOC for the Australian National University.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInternational Symposium on Education in Astronomy and Astrobiology (ISE2A)
    EditorsDeustua, S; Eastwood, K; TenKate, IL
    Place of PublicationFrance
    PublisherE D P Sciences
    Pages1-11
    Edition1st Edition
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019
    Event1st International Symposium on Education in Astronomy and Astrobiology, ISE2A 2017 - Utrecht, Netherlands
    Duration: 1 Jan 2018 → …

    Publication series

    Name
    Number0
    Volume200

    Conference

    Conference1st International Symposium on Education in Astronomy and Astrobiology, ISE2A 2017
    Period1/01/18 → …
    OtherJuly 03-08, 2017

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